I didn't realize how many people had decided to do '365' this year. I enjoy seeing the pics and tidbits everyday - keeps the day interesting and I like keeping updated. I don't usually comment on pages but I certainly read them.
Today we could have slept in but the girls were up at 6:00 of course. Figures lol. Pete and I had the day off because the girls had their very 1st dentist appt today. So we got up and started the day off lazy. Just hung out in our pj's a bit longer than usual.
Around 8:00 we had to start getting ready. Pete and I took turns showering and getting ready. The girls got dressed and fed. We had to be out of the house by 9:45.
We left the house at 10:00 and got to the dentist right on time. Oh - it was snowing. I had all of their paperwork filled out in advance so all I had to was give them a copy of the girls ins cards. They called all 3 of them in at the same time so we went back to the 'chair'. (It was set up kind of weird...about 4 chairs in one big open space). Emily was 1st so I decided to take the other 2 back to the waiting room where they would be able to run around and play with the toys that were there. No need to make them sit and watch Emily scream her head off right?
Haha! Well - would you believe that she DIDN'T scream her head off? Nope. She sat there and let the dentist brush, poke, prod and even scrape her teeth without a peep. Not a single whine, tear or fuss. Are you kidding me???? NO way! Ok - well they got off easy with her. You just wait till the other 2 sit there.
Hannah was next so Pete went out to the waiting room and I went in with Hannah. This way the dentist was able to give us BOTH the run down of the do's and don'ts of dental care. Ok so there's no way Hannah is going to sit in this chair and let the dentist look in her mouth never mind poke, prod, brush and scrape. Not my Princess...no way. Ummm...really - not a peep out of the kid. Opened wide and even smiled at the end to show off her pearly whites!
I'm floored at this. I figured Hailey would be the worst of the 3 but since the other 2 didn't say a word I was left to wonder at this point. And wouldn't you know - the kid was quiet as a mouse and not a peep out of her either.
Holy cow. Even the dentist was amazed. She said she's never seen kids their age sit and let her clean their teeth without a fuss. They were amazing. They each got a bag full of goodies (coloring book, crayons, reading material for mom and day & a new toothbrush) along with a toy of their choice.
Funny thing about the toy is that even though they didn't see what each other picked...they all picked the same toy. Each of them chose a small yellow rubber duck. Hmmm...like we don't have 50 million of them at home in each color of the rainbow...sitting at the bottom of the toy box because they never play with them. But they earned them.
Ok - they're good to go. No cavities but also need to stop eating raisins and she actually suggested we try to get the girls to take a pacifier so they'll stop sucking their thumbs. Yeah - I'm not even going there. I'm soooo not choosing that battle right now. They're going to need braces anyway (their teeth are big - and very close together) soooo what's the point in battling out the thumb sucking. No - we have bigger things we'd like to concentrate on.
Wow - that was longer than I thought it would be. Anyhow - we left the dentist about 11:30 and headed to *gasp* McDonald's for lunch. The girls ate like little piggies and wouldn't you know that every single person in that place was watching us like the circus was in town. One couple sitting behind us actually said 'Did you bring them to Lyman Orchards to pick pumpkins?' Ummm...'yes'. 'And you have one of those triple wagon train things right?' Again - 'yes'. 'Oh I knew it was you! We saw you there and when I saw you here I just knew it was the same family because I remember what the girls look like.' Gotta go now!!!
I love our life but sometimes it gets creepy.
So we head out and the girls fall asleep in the car and rather than wake them up and deal with cranky babies for the rest of the day we drive around and look at some apartments for my sister and niece who might be moving back to CT. Oh and we drove to the bank too. Didn't rob it - that's why we work ;-)
Girls woke up and rather than taking them home (like we should have) we headed to the library. Two '1sts' in a day probably wasn't the best idea. They loved the library but they were just ready to be home by that point so Emily ended up having a meltdown (so much for being quiet). But it was a good trip and they had lots of cool things for the girls to play with...not just books.
After the library we came home and settled in for our usual night time routine. They went to bed no problems and now it's time to work out (Pete is standing here telling me to finish this post because he knows I've made up my mind NOT to work out but if he bugs me - I'll do it). So off we go to the 'gym' in the basement. I think I'll kick his ass in the running dept and challenge him to a game of Scrabble or Yahtzee tonight ;-)
I'm very proud of my girls. They braved the dentist like no other today and I can't wait to tell them the story of their very 1st dentist visit.
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